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Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Dr. Omar Davies has said no attempts at extortion would be tolerated in the planned construction of housing units for the area under the Inner City Housing Development Project. "Persons will be employed but they will be employed to work, there will be no jobs for persons not so inclined," Dr. Davies stated...

Constance Hibbert, Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, has said that close to 1,000 public schools across the island have been equipped with computers and free Internet access. Miss Hibbert made the disclosure on Thursday (March 25) while addressing the official launch of the ICT4D Jamaica programme at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kingston. She said...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is continuing its thrust to take maritime education and training for professional seafarers and allied industry personnel to the wider Caribbean. Senior officials of the CMI recently visited Guyana, where they launched the two-year Diploma programme in International Shipping and Logistics and shared their expertise through a training workshop, designed to strengthen and improve Guyana's...

To promote greater appreciation of the country's culture and art forms, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), has introduced a monthly concert series, aptly called 'An Evening at Louise', in honour of cultural icon, Louise Bennett-Coverly (Miss Lou). The concerts are scheduled for the last Sunday in each month of this year at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in Kingston,...

Ferncourt High School in Claremont, St. Ann, has emerged the winner in the Ocho Rios Branch Library Performing Arts Sub-Committee Schools Performing Arts Festival held recently at the St. Ann's Bay Anglican Church Hall, in the parish. Of the schools which participated in the competition Ferncourt High earned 94 points, followed by William Knibb with 69 points while Muschette accumulated...

Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Dr. Omar Davies has said no attempts at extortion would be tolerated in the planned construction of housing units for the area under the Inner City Housing Development Project. "Persons will be employed but they will be employed to work, there will be no jobs for persons not so inclined," Dr. Davies stated...

The Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 4D Jamaica, a non-profit industry advocacy lobby group, which is focused on fast tracking ICT in the country was officially launched on Thursday (March 25). Speaking at the launch at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kingston, Elizabeth Terry, Facilitator /Administrator of the ICT4D Jamaica said that the programme was designed to bring knowledge to...

Jamaica's Ambassador of Culture, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley,'Miss Lou', was in fine form on Monday, March 22 at the launch of the video documentary on her life, 'Visiting with Miss Lou', at the Jamaican Consulate in Toronto, Canada. Although the 84-year-old declared that she had "pain a joint" and therefore could not say much, she went on to recite...

The Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) on Thursday (March 25) presented record grant awards of over J$221 million to some 54 organisations in the spheres of environment and child survival and development. The ceremony took place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. The awards were made in two categories to projects and organisations falling into the category of AID (Agency for...

The community of Delveland in Western Westmoreland, now has a modern, comfortable and well-equipped basic school which was officially handed over to residents on Wednesday (March 24) by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through the JSIF, the Delveland Basic School was constructed and equipped at a cost of $6.3 million. The project...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) will be taking a more focused and strategic approach in an effort to drive the development of the tourism sector. Michael Muirhead, who was appointed Executive Director of the agency in January 2004, said TPDCo would centre its activities around measures to facilitate greater investments in tourism that would result in the diversification of...

The Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 4D Jamaica, a non-profit industry advocacy lobby group, which is focused on fast tracking ICT in the country was officially launched on Thursday (March 25). Speaking at the launch at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kingston, Elizabeth Terry, Facilitator /Administrator of the ICT4D Jamaica said that the programme was designed to bring knowledge to...